Differential outcomes effect on delayed visual recognition memory in normal and pathological aging

Event Abstract Back to Event Differential outcomes effect on delayed visual recognition memory in normal and pathological aging Isabel Carmona1*, Angeles F. Estévez1*, Maria Luisa Méndez2, Dolores Roldán-Tapia1 and Eva Torrecillas3 1 University of Almeria, Psychology, Spain 2 Residencia Virgen de la Esperanza, Spain 3 CEDAEN, Spain The differential outcomes procedure (DOP) refers to the increase in performance and terminal accuracy observed in conditional discrimination tasks when each of the stimuli-response associations to be learned is followed by a unique outcome. In addition to the benefits of the DOP found with conditional discrimination learning, there is an increasing amount of evidence suggesting positive effects with memory tasks as well (see López-Crespo & Estévez, 2013, for a review). The aim of the present study was to investigate whether this procedure would also be effective in improving visual recognition memory in healthy elders and patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Results showed that participants in both groups had a statistically significant better accuracy when a specific outcome was paired with the to-be-remembered stimulus as compared to a non-differential outcomes condition. This finding, along with those from previous studies, suggests that the DOP can be an effective technique to facilitate working memory-based performance in both normal and pathological aging. Acknowledgements This research was supported by a grant (PSI2015-65248-P) from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, co-funded with ERDF (FEDER) funds. References López-Crespo, G., & Estévez, A.F. (2013). Working memory improvement by the differential outcomes procedure. En S.H. Clair-Thompson (Ed.), Working memory: Developmental differences, component processes, and improvement mechanism (pp. 145-157). New-York: Nova Publishers. Keywords: normal aging, differential outcomes effect, differential outcomes procedure, pathological ageing, visual memory Conference: SAN2016 Meeting, Corfu, Greece, 6 Oct - 9 Oct, 2016. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation in SAN2016 Conference Topic: Posters Citation: Carmona I, Estévez A, Méndez M, Roldán-Tapia D and Torrecillas E (2016). Differential outcomes effect on delayed visual recognition memory in normal and pathological aging. Conference Abstract: SAN2016 Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2016.220.00052 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 01 Aug 2016; Published Online: 01 Aug 2016. * Correspondence: Miss. Isabel Carmona, University of Almeria, Psychology, Almeria, 04120, Spain, icl463@ual.es PhD. Angeles F. Estévez, University of Almeria, Psychology, Almeria, 04120, Spain, mafernan@ual.es Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Isabel Carmona Angeles F. Estévez Maria Luisa Méndez Dolores Roldán-Tapia Eva Torrecillas Google Isabel Carmona Angeles F. Estévez Maria Luisa Méndez Dolores Roldán-Tapia Eva Torrecillas Google Scholar Isabel Carmona Angeles F. Estévez Maria Luisa Méndez Dolores Roldán-Tapia Eva Torrecillas PubMed Isabel Carmona Angeles F. Estévez Maria Luisa Méndez Dolores Roldán-Tapia Eva Torrecillas Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.